I was scrolling on Reddit through some interesting configs for wayland/x11 window managers. While most of them are simply amazing, why so little of them are just simple? I am seriously missing some square frames in these types of configs. Most of the popular are made on wayland/hyprland, so majority of the bars and windows are just rounded. I think that it takes away some of the professional edge and may be troublesome for some software.

While the configs are surely beautiful isn't it sacrificing functionality and screen estate for a 'wow' effect? I have a config written in i3wm, which is mostly stock, because I like it as it is. I was trying to switch to wayland, I have a config in riverwm (I really liked it), and I didn't see very much configs of riverwm on unixporn as well. Is it better to just have rounded edges and spaces between the windows, or am I just not accustomed to it? If so, then what configs should I look at, maybe you have some interesting configs yourself. I want to broaden my perspective, because for now I just don't get it

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I also use River. I'd say most Hyprland setups are generic and low-quality (what you'd call "slop") but if it floats your boat go for it.

I think possibly Reddit might have more setups similar to yours, given that Lemmy is smaller. I still see people use the various X11 WMs and have more clean-looking Wayland setups, though, not sure where you've been looking.

If you just want inspiration, just look for like, anything other than Hyprland. Maybe you could search for BSD since I've never seen a BSD setup with Hyprland or all these flashy effects.

[–] suboczsubocz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thank you very much. I have used BSD for some time in the past, but didn't got the chance to look at other configs. I just mean that the trendy posts are mostly hyprland without extended functionality for me. And I don't know if I'm just growing too old to keep up, or is this just that people who don't use rounded corners just don't visit subreddits like that etc.